Seven labourers killed as avalanche hits Chitral’s Lowari Tunnel

CHITRAL: An avalanche killed at least seven labourers at Lowari Tunnel in Chitral on Sunday, a senior official said, with up to four more trapped beneath the snow.

The accident, which also injured seven, happened near the Lowari Tunnel which connects the districts of Dir and Chitral in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, senior local administration official Shahab Hameed told AFP.

“Efforts are also being made to pull the remaining workers out alive,” he added.